15 Foods/Drinks That Americans Adopted From Other Cultures, And Took Credit For It (Page 2)

[lime_rampljuset]

The European version of hot-dogs is different (and better) from the US one.

[AleDeEurope]

What's the European version? In Spain it's basically just the bread, the sausage, and then they give you some options like onion, some green stuff, ketchup, and mustard.

[lime_rampljuset]

@AleDeEurope the way the bread is cut is different.

[AleDeEurope]

How is it cut?

[lime_rampljuset]

@AleDeEurope it isn't cut.

[AleDeEurope]

If you don't cut the bread, how do you put the sausage inside? :/

[lime_rampljuset]

@AleDeEurope look for the Czech variant, that's the one I'm talking about.

[mermaidrocketship]

I doubt anything is truly ours. America has too many cultural influences to create something 100% ours. Didn't realize Mac and cheese was British though. I'll have to look into that some more.

[Anonymous]

I wonder who claims these are American? I knew that wasn't the case. I like the taste of the ones from other countries a lot, like Bratwurst, fries, and pizza. Italian pasta (the ones I had in Italy) is one of my favorites.

[Anonymous]

America is a hodge-podge of different cultures. Though there has been discrimination against ethnic minorities in the past, diverse people contribute to the foods American eat today. Now, pierogis are considered American. :P

[LittleSally]

Oh, I already knew all of these originated somewhere else. Knew about pizza, whiskey, apple pie, hot dogs, and every food originated in Germany. Although I thought ice cream was Italian as well...

[MrAtticusLebowski]

Half of these are BS, i would like to meet the American that truly thinks we invented Pizza, Hotdogs, bacon, beer or whiskey.

A few of those are kinda surprising actually.

[John_Doesnt]

A lot of these look wrong especially the peanut butter and potato chips. Everyone knows the story of a New York chef who cut potato slices way too thin in order to piss of a customer, but they turned out to be really good potato chips.
Also, peanut butter is famously credited with being invented by George Washington Carver.

Even if these were invented by other nations, America made them way better. Which is why other counties eat our version.

[myTake Owner]

Look at wikipedia.

[John_Doesnt]

No, because Wikipedia is highly inaccurate about stuff like that.

[myTake Owner]

I trust wikipedia more than an... you know what.

[PT1911]

Ever hear the term "melting pot?"

Jesus, what is with all the hostility?

Maybe I should write take constantly bashing your country and people

[myTake Owner]

I value my time, so I won't read it anyway. The fact that you sat and read mine satisfies my a lot. And as usual... BLOCKED.

[Tarvold]

Credit where credit is due - when Americans took these foods and adopted them as their own, they really did create a new cuisine that is truly something special.

[myTake Owner]

Well I kinda disagree. The Americanized burgers for example from McDonald's, are really fake compared to the real German burgers.

[Tarvold]

Yes, but go to America and get yourself a proper gourmet burger and then say that they can't make burgers.

[Anonymous]

This is really interesting. I knew some of these but some I didn't know. Shows you Americans don't really have any foods that are really theirs.

[jjesica346]

Corn

[Opinion Owner]

@jjesica346 what?

[jjesica346]

Saying corn is an American food

[Opinion Owner]

@jjesica346 I don't think so. I wouldn't really consider it American.

[jjesica346]

Maybe or not, I'm sure someone has the origin of corn out there somewhere!

[Opinion Owner]

@jjesica346 yup, its origin is Mexico.

[Anonymous]

America is a melting pot country, even though no one refers to it as such anymore, so of course American cuisine and foods and snacks are going to be a mash up of different cultures. This Take comes across as 'duh' to me.

[DodgersGM]

Apples originated in Central Asia, though, so really it's a Central Asian-British-American concoction!

(see how silly this is?)

[LaVilaine]

Do you have sources for the two Chinese ones? Because that doesn't sound right to me.

[myTake Owner]

Ketchup (and many others among the list):

www.globalcitizen.org/.../

As for ice-cream, I remember reading it in a Mickey Mouse magazine, in one of the columns about bizarre facts. That was like 15 years ago when I was 9-10.

[LaVilaine]

Tomato ketchup is American. Tomatoes are native to North America.

The sauce called kê-tsiap (bastardized to ketchup by uncouth sailors) was fermented fish brine with ground beans.

So the word is Chinese. The sauce itself is not.

www.npr.org/.../ketchup-the-all-american-condiment-that-comes-from-asia

[myTake Owner]

Well to be honest, this MyTake was an attempt to humiliate Americans.

[LaVilaine]

Lmfao I can get behind that.

[myTake Owner]

Haha. Thanks. Too many butthurts here though!

[Lordcatfish]

Omg, I am so damn hungry now! I was just gonna drink a protein shake but then I saw the burgers, hot dogs, and donuts. #daym 🍩 🍴

[LeFrogDog]

Screw where it came from lets eat!

[Lordcatfish]

@LeFrogDog yassss xD

[Flurr]

I didn't know peanut butter was Canadian, and I thought peameal was! (As what appears to be in the photo). Hence Canadian bacon. Could be wrong, don't care either way because they are both delicious!

[lost_alice]

yes!! they are all considered American but they aren't American

[Anonymous]

I could've sworn George Washington carver was American.

[PrettyBama]

Right. That's the only thing I side eyed

[TheButterfly]

Its surprise that you don't know by now our culture is a mishmosh of everyone else

[jameson187]

Hahaha whiskey comes from the Gaelic term "water of life". Couldn't have put it better myself.

[Peelikeafrog]

The Brit's got it going on! I think a better question would be, why would America's invent foods, and give other cultures credit. Like fortune cookies, and egg foo Yung?